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H. W. SMITH.

CONE SACK.

APPLICATION meu FEB.4,1919.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.'

3mm/woz Henry A. Smith Witnesses PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. SMITH, 0F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CONE-SAGK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application tiled February 4, 1919. Serial No. 274,961.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cone-Sacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in containers and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for holding ice cream cones in such a position that the same can be easl carried in a bagl without the contents of t e cone coming in contact with said ba Another oIrject of the invention relates to the holding means for the cones which is sha ed to conform to the shape of the bag.

he invention also consists in ceretain other features of construction and in the combination and arran ement of the several parts, to be hereinater fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out inthe appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the v several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view of a strip which forms the holding means; i

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the strip in the bag with one end thereof secured to the bag; and

Fig. 3 is a like view showing both ends secured to the bag and the strip in folded position.

yIn these views 1 indicates a strip of cardboard or the like which is formed with a rectangular central portion and end portions of frusto-conical form. The central ortion is provided with a pair of holes 2.

t will, of course2 be understood that the strip may be provided with a greater number of holes or with one hole according to the width of the stri and the number of cones to be carried. he strip is adapted to be placed in a paper sack such as that shown at 3 and when 1n osition to receive the cones the strip is fo ded on the scored `lilies 4, which mark the boundaryxof the rectangular part, the two ends engaging the bottom part of the bag as shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that the strip assumes a conical form with the base uppermost. Thus the cones may be passed through the openings 2 1n said base so that the upper portions of the cones will be held spaced from the sides of the bag and the danger of crushing said cones will be eliminated.

I may paste one end of the strip to the bag as shown in Fig. 2 so that the strip will lie flat in the sack when being shipped or not in use. When the sack is to be used it is simply necessary to grasp the free end of the strip and force the same into the bottom of the sack.

As shown in Fig. 3, I may secure both ends of the strip to the sack and crease the central part of the rectangular portion on the scored line 4 so that the sack may be folded flat. In this case when the sack is to be used it is simply necessar to insert the hand in the sack and press ownwardly on thelcentral portion to straighten the same out into position to receive the cones. The cones thus will hold the strip in extended position.

If desired, I may keep both ends of the strip free of the sack and simply insert the strip after the same is bent into proper form into a sack.

What I claim is:

A device of mie class described comprising a paper ba of ordina sha e and a cone holder inthe bottom o said ag, said holder comprising a central portion of rectangular shape having a cone receiving opening therein and a pair of frusto conical end Vmembers separated from said central member by scored lines, said end members being formed to tit the bottom ortion of any ordinary paper bag, both o said end members being asted to the bottom sides of the bag and said) rectangular portion having a central scored line parallel with the first mentioned lines so as to permit the holder to collapse when the bag is in flattened condition.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY W. SMITH. 

